Business: Connell

JAKARTA – August 1, 2013 – Connell Brothers, the largest marketer and distributor of specialty chemicals and industrial ingredients in Asia-Pacific, announced today that it has hired Dr. Nurudin Budiman, formerly of BASF, as its new regional technical manager for the Coatings Business Unit.  Dr. Budiman is tasked with supporting the company’s sales and technical teams across the…

HONG KONG – July 17, 2013 – Connell Brothers, a division of Wilbur-Ellis Company, and the largest marketer and distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients in Asia-Pacific, has appointed Ms. Pamela Jones to the newly developed role of regional manager for the company’s Personal Care Business Unit.  Jones will lead the strategic direction and initiatives to expand the unit, which will include home…

Cypress’ flagship product, SelenoExcell®, and other nutritional ingredients, will be available through Connell Brothers’ 37 locations across Asia-Pacific   SINGAPORE –July 3, 2013 – Health conscience consumers in Asia-Pacific will now have access to an innovative dietary supplement ingredient, SelenoExcell.  SelenoExcell is a high selenium yeast compound certified as FDA GRAS, and is a natural food form of selenium that contains the…

Clariant aims to expand market coverage of plastics additives and other ingredients  SYDNEY – June 16, 2013 – Connell Brothers, the largest marketer and distributor of specialty chemicals and industrial ingredients in Asia-Pacific, announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, to market and distribute ingredients from…

TOKYO –June 11, 2013 – Connell Brothers, the largest marketer and distributor of specialty chemicals and industrial ingredients in Asia-Pacific, announced today that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Struktol Company of America, a leading global supplier of polymer additives, to market and distribute plastic additives which will be made available in the Japanese market. …

Company steadily increasing market share of food and pharma ingredient distribution in Asia-Pacific   SAN FRANCISCO – April 25, 2013 – Connell Brothers, the largest marketer and distributor of specialty chemicals and industrial ingredients in Asia-Pacific, announced today that it has expanded its partnership with Kalsec® Inc. for distribution to the India and Bangladesh markets.  Kalsec® is a…

Former Sumitomo Chemicals and BASF executive to oversee entire operations in Japan for Asia’s largest specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor    SAN FRANCISCO – April 16, 2013 – Connell Brothers, a division of Wilbur-Ellis Company, andthe largest marketer and distributor of specialty chemicals and industrial ingredients in Asia-Pacific, has appointed Mr. Iguchi Shinichi, former head of marketing and…

Connell Brothers projects strong growth in personal care market in Asia over the next several years  SAN FRANCISCO – April 08, 2013 – Connell Brothers, marketer and distributor of personal care and cosmeceutical ingredients in Asia-Pacific, has partnered with Ganeden Biotech, a recognized world leader in the manufacturing and marketing of probiotics, to distribute a…

Companies collaborate to provide educational platform for local feed professionals to understand the need and benefits of phosphate in feed ration  HO CHI MINH CITY – March 19, 2013 – On Friday, March 8, Connell Brothers, the specialty chemicals and ingredients division of privately-held Wilbur-Ellis Company, hosted a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City in…

Olive-derived ingredient aims to reduce inflammation, now available to Connell Brothers’ customers in Malaysia and Singapore    SAN FRANCISCO – Jan. 18, 2013 – CreAgri, Inc., a leader in the development and marketing of novel, science -based and clinically validated nutritional bio-actives, announced today a new distribution agreement with Connell Brothers to distribute HIDROX®, a patented ingredient…